Bent Northrop Memorial Library

Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit.

"A young rabbit is frightened by his underwear"--

After falling off the wall, Humpty Dumpty is very afraid of climbing up again, but is determined not to let fear stop him from being close to the birds.

Scaredy Squirrel is afraid to sleep at night for fear he will dream of dragons, ghosts, vampire bats, and polka-dot monsters, so he makes an elaborate plan to avoid sleeping.

Tiger unwittingly helps some worms overcome their fear of tigers with a well-placed, informative book, but will a wormy hug aid a fearful Tiger?

Fearless Francine Poulet is proud to carry on her family's legacy as Gizzford County's animal control officer. When Francine runs into a screaming raccoon that might be a ghost, she must find a way to face her fears and capture the creature before it wreaks further havoc on Deckawoo Drive.

Restless and unable to find peace in her rural Vermont home in the wake of her husband's death, seventy-five-year-old Sarah finds new meaning in her life when her home becomes a kind of refuge for wayward souls, from her troubled granddaughter and a family that lost their home to fire, to a mother and child fleeing an abusive partner and an Israeli pacifist needing a retreat.

Eleven-year-old Kammie reflects on her life as she fights claustrophobia while waiting to be rescued from a well she fell into while trying to impress some mean girls.

"When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might not be as frightening as everyone else thinks"--Provided by publisher.

Spending the summer in Tarrytown, New York, is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she does not want to admit.